Dust, dust, and more dust!

by Tom Cuthbert
Nov 1, 2010 at 23:06

Dust, dust and more dust! Race number two of the Gravity Canterbury Summer Series heads down the tight and technical Pedofile Alley, awesome weather once again meant that condition were super dusty, super loose and super hot, and super dusty. Did I mention it was a bit dusty? Racing was mega fast and that meant there were some sweet rags all over the track, including Rupert 'Stingray' Chapman's excellent rag/failed recovery at the bottom.

Check out the video, pics and results from Round Two,

James Rennie leads two other riders down the fast, rough and rutted 'flow' section just after the halfway mark.
James Rennie leads two other riders down the fast, rough and rutted 'flow' section just after the halfway mark.

Junior HT
1st. Ben Walker
2nd. JD Devlin
3rd. Cameron Kirkwood

Open Women
1st. Amy Laird
2nd. Pippa Holdom

Under 15
1st. Carl Goodwin
2nd. Logan Ness
3rd. Richard Scandrett

Under 17
1st. Harry Chapman
2nd. Hunter Jenkinson
3rd. Harry Ness

Amy Laird taking the Open Women
Amy Laird taking the Open Women

Under 19
1st. Dan Franks
2nd. Kieran Thompson
3rd. Mat Prior

Bergamont rider Joe Nation going for 2nd in Open Men
Bergamont rider Joe Nation going for 2nd in Open Men

Open Men
1st. Freddie King
2nd. Joe Nation
3rd. Rupert 'Stingray' Chapman

Round two race video:
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Photo Credit to Neil Gardner - NZsnaps.com and Ivan Woods.

Race Coverage by Tom Cuthbert - Shred-NZ-Media

Watch out for South Island champs next week and the 3rd and Final Race of the Gravity Canterbury series on the 20th of November. Next weekend is the unofficial New Zealand 'South Island' champs, expecting 150+ riders down in Dunedin. Running on an all new track built for next year's nationals rounds, it should be a great weekend. I'll be there covering the race as well as a photographer friend of mine.

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37 Comments

  • + 1
flag cookiemonster229 (Nov 5, 2010 at 23:32)
 Dont know bout Australia but here in New Zealand most bike shops just stock the popular brands: specialized, giant, scott, I know there is more but in general they are the best bang for buck here. its such a small market and we have such a small population bike shops would never make any money bringing in all the bikes under the sun. But it would be cool to see some variety out on the trails here i agree.
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flag tom-cuthbert (Nov 5, 2010 at 23:37)
 Yeah. Specialized, Giant, Kona, and recently Yeti.
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flag Ollie-J (Nov 1, 2010 at 23:14)
 nice article once again tom, some sick photos and the vid is sick to!
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flag tom-cuthbert (Nov 3, 2010 at 20:19)
 Just realized I made a mistake, the first photo, it's actually James Rennie leading, not Nathan Rankin. My bad. Hopefully mods will be able to change it.
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flag chochocho (Nov 3, 2010 at 21:15)
 lol realized 17 and under, 3rd place: Harry Ness. I'm pretty sure theres a nickname in there somewhere.
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flag Waldon83 (Nov 3, 2010 at 22:28)
 His nickname is the brick . . .
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flag MTBFTW (Nov 3, 2010 at 21:17)
 I would love to mountain bike in New Zealand! The scenery and terrain looks soooo awesome! Big Grin
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flag konaman1995 (Nov 3, 2010 at 21:27)
 cool post, and kinda childish but the guys name who came in third haha "harry ness"
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flag alexdjer93 (Nov 2, 2010 at 5:29)
 yeah , preety nice article godd job with the pictures and the video!
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flag zacadas (Nov 3, 2010 at 17:38)
 Agree!! It's well done!
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flag drewstinky (Nov 3, 2010 at 18:20)
 i want to race in NZ it looks sick!
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flag nightmareterror (Nov 4, 2010 at 11:07)
 Excellent coverage. Great video!!! Looks like a great track!!
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flag rosco5 (Nov 4, 2010 at 11:44)
 Hope you enjoy are Halloween edit Smile
http://www.pinkbike.com/video/167210/
Just a bit of fun Razz
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flag bretzelprod (Nov 4, 2010 at 13:13)
 Very nice track ! I look the end of Follow me for compare xP
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flag ryanmart96 (Nov 4, 2010 at 9:24)
 That track looks Good! Very Good!
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flag mountguitars (Nov 3, 2010 at 22:53)
 does HT in "Junior HT" mean Hard Tail?
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flag tom-cuthbert (Nov 3, 2010 at 23:40)
 Yep.
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flag lonelyghost (Nov 3, 2010 at 19:13)
 I like the first picutre.
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flag komodo1 (Nov 3, 2010 at 17:38)
 Seems like 25% of Austrailian/NZ bikers own Giant Glorys.
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flag NZMtbBoi (Nov 3, 2010 at 17:42)
 50% of downhillers used to have sundays and now 50% have demos XD
  • + 1
flag chalky (Nov 3, 2010 at 18:12)
 Value for money
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flag sam264 (Nov 3, 2010 at 18:51)
 glorys you mean, in england, every man and his dog had a demo a few years ago, now they all have glorys
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flag Waldon83 (Nov 3, 2010 at 22:30)
 In australia, I would say it's 60% Glorys, 10% Kona, 10% Norco, 20% Real DH bikes
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flag SHARK555  (Nov 4, 2010 at 10:12)
 cause people cant afford those other dh brands, so you have to go with the mass brands
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flag samsquamch (Nov 4, 2010 at 10:23)
 its because glorys come with fox 40's and all sanit and theyre only 5800
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flag samsquamch (Nov 4, 2010 at 10:23)
 saint*
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flag sam264 (Nov 4, 2010 at 13:05)
 in what way is a glory not a real downhill bike?
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flag hoolydooly (Nov 4, 2010 at 21:50)
 what are you guys on about. waldon83 is 100% right. every man and his bloody dog has a glory.
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flag tom-cuthbert (Nov 4, 2010 at 21:58)
 Because they're affordable, well specced, and do exactly the same job as any other 12k DH rig. And with the new ones being that much lighter than the old model, they're right up there with the Performance of Intense/Santa Cruz etc.
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flag sam264 (Nov 5, 2010 at 6:41)
 hoolydooly - everyone might have one, but that doesn't mean it's not a 'real dh bike'
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flag hoolydooly (Nov 5, 2010 at 18:54)
 I never said it wasn't. look at the thing im rolling on in my pics. i have overtaken people that are riding glorys on that and i wouldn't call it a "real DH bike". they are very decent bikes, im just saying its annoying that every one has one. a little bit of verity at a race weekend would be nice...
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flag sean-dh (Nov 6, 2010 at 11:16)
 Ohh right glories arent "real DH" and everyone has one which makes them bad? Wouldnt you think because many buy them its because theyre good?
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flag hoolydooly (Nov 7, 2010 at 3:52)
 DID YOU NOT JUST READ MY ABOVE COMMENT!?!?!?!?!? if you didn't then please read the one before mine first. and just to make it easy it was written by sam264 ^.^

No i don't think they are bad bikes, they are well made nice bikes. i don't like the fact the everybody rides them.

Sorry about that, im tired, I have my School Certificate exams tomorrow and the Aria Awards consisted of 6 bands!!
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flag sam264 (Nov 7, 2010 at 16:53)
 calm down guys...
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flag woods666 (Nov 3, 2010 at 22:51)
 dusty? what dust http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/5838159/?s5
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flag coolj43 (Nov 3, 2010 at 18:38)
 sigh makes me miss summer Dx
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flag pieman6 (Nov 4, 2010 at 1:19)
 good coverage. love the song. havent heard it in ages Smile
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